November 27, 2018

Childlike Faith

Darlene S. Mackey (Tennessee)

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The priests could not perform their service  because of the cloud, for the glory of  the Lord filled the temple of God. - 2 Chronicles 5:14 (NIV)

When I was a child, I thought that God was actually in the streams of light that sometimes break through the clouds in the sky. It seemed to me that God was trying to reach down from heaven to earth to comfort and reassure us even on those cloudy and...

Today's Prayer

Dear Father, open our eyes to see you everywhere we are and in everything we do. Give us a childlike faith that longs for your presence. We pray through Jesus, our savior. Amen.

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Today's Reading

Psalm 121:1-8

Thought for the Day

When it comes to God, I can always learn something new.

Prayer Focus

Those who can’t sense God’s presence

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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”

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—Rev. Sidwell Mokgothu, Limpopo Synod Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and board member for Africa Upper Room Ministries